Just a friendly reminder to continue to lock your vehicle doors at the gas pumps, even though you may be standing right next to your car.

Purse-Snatching Latest Trend

Around the country including our area is a new trend called “sliders” consisting of people stealing purses from cars at the filling station.

Attacks consist of pulling up next to parked car at a gas pump and stealing a woman’s belongings by sliding through passenger side doors before speeding away. This can take as little as 19 seconds and many victims do not even realize how they lost their purse or belongings.